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  • August 13, 2009
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  • By Pam McTeer
  • August 12, 2009
Legacy Golf Course to return to lender

Troon Golf will give up the property to avoid foreclosure.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • August 12, 2009
Siblings shoulder burden for area families

Stephanie Covey and her brother, James, lead Backpack Club Inc., a non-profit that assists Freedom kids.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • August 12, 2009
FDOT preps for S.R. 64 lane shift

Work on the East County thoroughfare is progressing as planned. The Florida Department of Transportation expects the project will be finished by March of 2010.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • August 12, 2009
La Tosca gets new owner, name

The Lakewood Ranch Italian eatery will reopen as Pino's Pizza Pasta & Wine Bar in mid-September.

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  • August 12, 2009
Colony feud continues

Federal Bankruptcy Judge A. Rodney May has ruled in favor of the Colony Association twice. Now the feud is directed at closed units, fixtures and furniture.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • August 12, 2009
Ranch senior takes top post for FCCLA

Jessica Hagood learned she earned one of 10 national officer positions during the organization's National Leadership Conference, held July 12-16 in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • August 12, 2009
Teacher returns from ExxonMobil Academy

Braden River Elementary School's Sue Curry was one of 200 teachers selected from a pool of 1,600 applications to attend the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy July 19-24.

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  • August 12, 2009
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  • August 12, 2009
Islandside tennis courts debated

Icard Merrill attorney Robert Lincoln, who represents the Islandside Property Owners Coalition, weighs in on the Islandside tennis courts. issue.

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  • Robin Roy
  • August 12, 2009
Merchants make seat bid

Two business owners asked for a private meeting with Michael Connolly, deputy city attorney, to receive a re-interpretation of the state law governing the BID board.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 12, 2009
St. Armands fire station to open in September

The 9,100-square-foot building, which will house four firefighters, will be the first green fire station in Sarasota. County.

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  • August 12, 2009
Harbour Square renovations near completion

The updates have taken more than two years and include landscaping updates and a 350-foot-deep well.

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  • By Maggie Pahos
  • August 12, 2009
Sarasota Yacht Club raises roof structure

The Sarasota Yacht Club's clubhouse construction project is well under way.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • August 12, 2009
Deal Us In: Understand the double?

These doubles are somewhat hard to understand, but the bridge world is sometimes strange.

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